aloe, dream

In light of getting thoughts out quickly, microblogging anime series [or any media] is quite the handy thing. More than anything it resembles what we now call scrobbling. The difference is, that scrobbling is a miniature instance of experience logging, with no thoughts attached.

When we scrobble-blog (micro-updating on media titles) we can and do include our thoughts as well as the instance of experience (whether it is logged depends on the platform). Oh what a nice combination. Here’s a view of what it looks like on twitter (I added the highlighting and labels, to make it more apparent).

Previously, reflections were my main destination of media updates, but I’ve hardly posted anything of length in recent months. No, it has been mostly this scrobble-blogging. But, is this a good solution? Let’s see….

Evaluation

• When we scrobble-blog, does the system mark the given title as experienced in some way, or add it to a list?
• Are updates organized by media-category and title?
• Are titles standardized, readable, unabbreviated, and relevant in these updates?
• Can we avoid including the title or abbreviation in the content of the message?
• Is there a way in which we can see what we post the most updates on, whether it be for a specific title or a type of media in general?
• Is there a way in which we can see what our friends post the most updates on?
• Can we hide some updates while making others available for everyone, such as having all media updates be available to everyone, while personal updates are available only to friends?
• Can we be expressive in our updates (bold/italic/strike, bigger or smaller font)?

So, where does your microblog stand?

Notes

My cat is asleep on the futon D: I like having my own micro-scrobblings organized by blog reading, anime, music, or other media. I like using bold and italics. I like having the full message available without considering the length of the title I’m posting about. I also like being able to hide events from other’s streams, but still have it visible when they look at my updates. Etc, etc, etc.